Iran protests: Thousands of prisoners pardoned by ayatollah

Iran protests: Thousands of prisoners pardoned by ayatollah

Feb 05, 2023 by BBC News - World

Key Facts

  • Image source, Reuters Image caption, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued the pardons in the build-up to the anniversary of Iran's Islamic Revolution Iran's supreme leader has pardoned "tens of thousands" of prisoners, including many linked to anti-government protests.
  • The pardons come on the eve of the anniversary of the Islamic revolution in 1979.
  • Demonstrations erupted last September following the death in custody of a woman held by Iran's morality police.
  • Iran's state media says Ayatollah Khamenei's latest pardons came after a letter from the head of the judiciary framed many of those detained as young people who'd been led astray by foreign influence and propaganda.

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